1. Insecticide crystal image courtesy Rothamsted Research, supermarket copyright Noel Hendrickson/Digital Vision/Thinkstock 2010 Agricultural Research for International Development: Bioscience Uniting UK and Southern Partners Amanda Read Programme Manager

2. International Development Initiatives Multi-donor Encourage North-South collaboration Assessment Criteria: Scientific Excellence Development Relevance Capacity Building

3. Existing Programmes Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development (SARID) Combating Infectious Diseases of Livestock for International Development (CIDLID) Sustainable Crop Production Research for International Development (SCPRID)

4. SARID - Halting armyworm rampage with biological pesticide Armyworm – a major migratory pest of cereal crops Up to 70% of farmers across Africa suffer from crop damage and loss caused by armyworms Picture provided by Wilfred Mushobozi

5. SARID - Defeating the witchweed famine threat

6. SARID - More bananas for Africa Healthy and nematode- damaged bananas

7. CIDLID - Reducing disease in village poultry production in Africa, > ¾ billion poultry lost to disease annually Newcastle disease – major cause of loss in developing countries

8. Challenges of International Development Initiatives Call Design Administration Application process Facilitating partnering Peer review Barriers to communication Project management

9. Rewards of International Development Initiatives Pools resources to address Global Challenges Encourages UK scientists to apply research strategically Enables UK Research Councils to fund international scientists Promotes knowledge exchange Catalyses international partnerships Builds a healthy bioscience base worldwide